As the team at Fox News discovered—to its chagrin—earlier this week, security lapses on social networks can have wide-ranging consequences.
As we reported, persons unknown took control of the Fox News Politics Twitter feed in the early hours of July 4th, and started trying to spread rumors that the president had been …
When President Barack Obama asked Twitter to join him for a virtual town hall meeting by tweeting him questions using the hashtag #AskObama, it’s possible he was expecting a few people to join him. What he got was an impressive 169,395 tweets, and enough new followers that he broke the 9 million barrier for the first time.
Of the …
It’s all fun and games — at least until the Secret Service get involved.
A series of tweets from the Fox News politics Twitter account announced some “breaking news” very early in the morning of July 4th: President Barack Obama had been assassinated, with Vice-President Joe Biden set to take his place immediately.
(MORE: ‘Obama …
Happy Fourth of July! Google pulled the plug on its realtime search while you were barbecuing some ribs and slamming a few beers out on the patio. Now welcome back to the real world.
So while most of America was wrapped up in its three-day weekend, Google disabled its Realtime Search feature. Coincidentally (or not so coincidentally), …
Ever wanted to tell Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber just how much you love them, but lacked the ability to do so in private? Well, a new move by Twitter that could be described as “almost as head-scratchingly bizarre as sending you emails everytime someone mentions you” will change that – until the celebrities of the world demand it changes …
Hackers have been celebrating July 4th in their own unique kind of way by taking control of the Fox News Politics Twitter feed and using it declare the death of President Barack Obama.
Rest assured, the President remains alive and well. The only dead thing here is Fox News Politics’ Twitter password.
The hacker (or hackers) took a
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It’s hard to imagine that when Twitter first launched in 2006 it’d become the monstrous cloud of information it is today.
To say the service fundamentally changed the world by changing the way we communicate isn’t even an overstatement — it’s really become a fulcrum for culture in more ways that one.
I mean, at its worst it helps …
The Federal Trade Commission has begun investigating Twitter’s business practices, specifically its acquisition of third party developers, Business Insider reports today. Details are sketchy at this point, but it seems like the case to be made is that Twitter is seeking to monopolize the platform it created and already owns.
Yes, …
Two of Twitter’s co-founders have announced plans to restart the creative ideas company that incubated Twitter in the first place: “Obvious.”
Their stated aim: “To geek around and invent stuff and be like techno superheroes.”
Oh no, my mistake. Their actual stated aim: “We make systems that help people work together to improve the …
The commercialization of Twitter is going to mean advert tweets appearing in users’ timelines, according to the Financial Times.
Given the hoo-ha when the company added the “QuickBar” to timelines viewed via its iOS app, see if you can imagine how much of a stink putting ads in the timeline would cause. One helluva one.
When is a retweet not a retweet?
When the original tweet never existed – and if that sounds like common sense, it seems that no-one explained that to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which yesterday created fake retweets from President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, former Governor of Virginia Tim Kaine …
“I love my mojitos! Mamasay mamasah mamajito…”
Odd Todd, though indeed odd, is odd in a fun, non-creepy way. His latest video explores the dangers of tweeting under the influence while explaining the differences between a retweet, a modified tweet, a hat tip, and more.
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